Where do muktuk, spam musubi and hot Tang intersect?
Well, at least in one place, in a book out now by Alaska journalist and food writer Julia O’Malley (who, full disclosure, works at Alaska Public Media).
The book is called “The Whale and the Cupcake: Stories of Subsistence, Longing and Community in Alaska,” and it’s in collaboration with the Anchorage Museum.
In “The Whale and the Cupcake,” O’Malley writes about the intersection of traditional, subsistence foods, new influences and a mix of different cultures that makes Alaska’s food so interesting.
O’Malley spoke with Alaska Public Media’s Casey Grove.
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In this Alaska Insight episode from October 12, 2018, Julia O’Malley spoke with Lori Townsend about preparing for her museum exhibit, “What Why How We Eat,” and working on her book, “The Whale and the Cupcake.”
Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Casey here.
